We're good to go? Okay, good afternoon. This meeting is now convened at 02:03PM. I'd like to ask everyone to please silence all cell phones. Quorum of the Board members is present in the Board Auditorium. Our first order of business is to hear from speakers on the agenda items and I understand there are no speakers present. So we will go directly into our hearings. First hearing is the procedure to consider the dispute resolution of Doctor. Tiffany Cooper. So this is a level three distribution or level three.
Okay. So the purpose of this meeting is to consider the dispute filed by Doctor. Tiffany Cooper, formal counselor at Navarro Middle School. Hearings involve complaints against district employees are to be held in closed session unless the employee who is subject to the hearings request an open hearing. As both parties request an open hearing during the course of this hearing, the Board may go into closed session to consult with its attorney under the terms of the Texas Government Code Section 551.071. Any Board member wishes to seek advice with counsel, please make this request known to me.
For the record, Wayne Lang of Houston Federation of Teachers is representing Doctor. Tiffany Cooper is present. Miles Bradshaw with Bradshaw Law representing administration is present. Katasha Wood's, HIC General Counsel is also, present. Mr. Lang, do you want to go in open or closed? Closed session. Okay, we're gonna go in closed session. Okay, if any party, not involved in this hearing you need to leave the auditorium at this time. Which means, okay. The Board will now recess to Closed Session under Chapter five fifty one of Texas
Government Code Open Meetings Act Subsection 551.004 through 551.089. Should board final action, vote or decision on any matter considered in the closed session be required, such final action, vote or decision shall be taken at the open meeting covered by this notice upon the reconvening of the public meeting or the subsequent public meeting of the Board upon notice thereof. The Board has, recessed to close session at 02:06. We are now getting ready to do that.
Okay? So, this special meeting of the, School Board of the Houston Independent School District is now reconvened in open session. The time is 02:25PM. Do I have a motion? I have a motion. Go ahead. I move that we deny all requests of relief not previously granted by the Level two hearing officer and uphold the decision of the Level two hearing officer. Okay. We have a motion and a second. Please vote. Okay, the voting has been closed and the motion passes. The board has, has voted against the, the parties, letter, notifying both parties of the action of the Board shall be prepared and signed by
the Executive Director of the Board of Relations as soon as possible. The series is concluded at 02:26PM. Thank you. Already ready for our next Okay. Do we have everything we need? Okay. Okay. The purpose of this meeting is to consider the dispute filed by Alahassan Sharbaugh, teacher apprentice at Brookline Elementary School. Hearings of all complaints against district employees are to be held in closed session unless the employee who is subject to the hearing requested open hearing. If both parties requested open session during the course of this hearing, the Board may go into closed session to consult with its attorney under terms of
Texas Government Code Section 551.071 or any Board member wishes to seek advice with counsels, please make your request to me. For the record, Wayne Lang with the Houston Federation of Teachers is representing El Hassan Sharboff and is present. Amir Rohi is HISD's Assistant General Counsel representing the administration is present and Katasha Woods, HISD's General Counsel is also present. Mr. Lang, do you wish to have open or closed session?
Closed session. Okay. Okay, if anyone anybody here or any parties are not involved in the hearing, please leave the auditorium at this time. Yes. I move that the board approves the withdrawal of recommendation of termination for employee designated as number one, employee ID two two four three eight o on the personnel agenda and authorizes the superintendent to give notice to same as discussed in closed session effective 05/08/2025. '1 at a time. Okay. We have a motion and a second. Any questions or comments? If not,
please vote. Okay. Motion passes with one abstention. Is there another motion? Yes. I move that the board approves the non renewal of the employee designated as number three, employee ID 53863 on the personnel agenda and authorizes the superintendent to give notice to same as discussed in closed session effective 05/08/2025. Second. We have a motion and a second. Please vote. Okay, motion passes. We have one abstention. All the rest? Yay. Okay, we will now, I will look We have one more motion, I'm sorry. We have one more, I'm sorry. Yes, just one more. I move that the board approves the balance of the closed session personnel agenda,
including specifically that the board approves proposed terminations, nonrenewals of continuing term performance and probationary contracts and authorize the superintendent or designee to provide notice of same that the board approves suspensions without pay for continuing term and pro probationary contracts and authorize the superintendent or designee to provide notice of same that the board voids continuing term, probationary, and performance contracts and authorize the superintendent or designee to provide notice of same that the board approves withdrawals of contract recommendations and that the board approves issuance of final
orders on contract terminations and non renewals as it does as discussed in closed session effective 05/08/2025. Okay. Any questions or comments? If not, please vote. Motion passes. Okay, is that it? All right, we will now, close this, meeting of the school board, at 04:47 and we'll be back in a few minutes for the other one.